| Psychotherapy is used in online counseling a single | | | | result of difficulties in the current relationships they |
| individual, a couple, a marriage, or even a family. It is | | | | have, whether it is with a boyfriend, or girlfriend, or a |
| where the online therapist, or the online counselor, will | | | | difficulty with one or both of their parents. |
| help the patient(s) improve their mental health through | | | | Cognitive behavior online therapy is from the belief that |
| various different techniques, such as conversation, | | | | a person's thoughts can have a rather large impact on |
| artwork, drama, or therapeutic touch. It is probably one | | | | their emotions. If a person were to have too many |
| of the older forms of therapy as it appeared to have | | | | negative thoughts running through their mind, they might |
| started in the early 1800s, though it is believed it may | | | | feel more pessimistic and negative about life, which |
| have already started in the Middle East many | | | | could lead to depression and anxiety about life. |
| centuries earlier than this. Psychotherapy is meant to | | | | Cognitive behavior online therapy works to identify the |
| bring out the feelings that make the patient feel | | | | negative thoughts the patient has, then the online |
| uncomfortable, so the online therapist will work to try | | | | therapist, or online counselor, will work with the patient |
| and find what type of psychotherapy will work best | | | | to develop more positive thoughts to encourage a |
| with the patient. Of course, it also helps if the patient is | | | | more positive outlook in life. By doing this, it is thought it |
| honest with the online therapist in telling with type | | | | could help the patient feel less depressed and anxious |
| works for them as they experiment to find the right | | | | about life. |
| one. | | | | The mental health model focuses on the issues the |
| What kinds of psychotherapy are there? There is | | | | individual may have. Then, the online therapist, or online |
| psychodynamic psychotherapy, interpersonal | | | | counselor, will work with the individual to learn how to |
| psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and the | | | | deal with the emotions caused by these issues, |
| mental health model. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is | | | | because only when a person can keep control of their |
| what will hopefully help the patient to find out more | | | | emotions can they then focus on the issues causing |
| about the issues that affect them the most | | | | them difficulties. |
| emotionally. Once these are found, the online therapist | | | | There might be a few different types of |
| will help the patient to deal with these emotional issues. | | | | psychotherapy, but they all share a few elements that |
| This is meant to help an individual find healthy ways to | | | | are similar. In simple terms, they all help to get the |
| deal with things that normally bother with them so that | | | | individual, or group of people, to gain more control of |
| they can interact properly with the world around them. | | | | their emotions. Then, once these people have control, |
| Interpersonal psychotherapy is meant to focus more | | | | they can start exploring what the true issue, or |
| on the patient and how they are affected by the | | | | problem is, that is bring out these emotions in a person, |
| relationships they are involved in. It is thought that some | | | | or group of people. |
| people may be affected by some depressions as a | | | | |